Dong'ou Explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Dong'ou
Common Name:Dong'ou
Status:Kingdom
Government Type:Monarchy
Year Start:191 BC
P1:State of Yue
S1:Han dynasty
Event1:Defeated by Minyue
Date Event1:138 BC
Event2:Annexed by the Han dynasty
Date Event2:111 BC
Image Map Caption:Map of Dong'ou
Image Map2:Han Expansion.png
Map Caption2:The location of Dong'ou kingdom before the conquest of the Han dynasty
Capital:Dong'ou (modern Wenzhou)
Leader1:Yao (搖)
Leader2:Zhenfu (貞復)
Leader3:Wang (望)
Year Leader1:191–185 BCE
Year Leader2:185–138 BCE
Year Leader3:138–138 BCE
Title Leader:King
Today:China

Dong'ou also known as Ouyue, was an ancient kingdom in modern Wenzhou and Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The realm of Dong'ou was given to Zou Yao by Emperor Gaozu of Han in 192 BC. During the Han campaigns against Minyue in 138 BC, the king of Dong'ou no longer wished to live in his realm after the incident, having submitted himself in an prostrating gesture, which was indicative of his final acquiescence as a mere supplicant to have him and his people's eventual fates to be absorbed into the Han empire. After Zou Yushan's unsuccessful uprising against General Yang Pu's conspiratorial intentions to subvert him, which aimed to protect Dongyue's independence, the aspiration for autonomous control over Dongyue gradually dissipated during the final months of 111 BC. Zou's uprising was suppressed, prompting the Han dynasty to eventually incorporate Dongyue and the remaining territories of the former Minyue, thereby permanently securing the complete annexation and assimilation of both domains into the Han empire.

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